Sep 7, 2011 7:47 PM

Hi, so I've been trying to connect to my college internet on my 3DS and it just isn't working. My college has the type of internet which doesn't require a WEP or WPA security password, but will redirect you to a login page when you try to access the browser, and then once you've logged in, your device gains internet access. Unfortunately, when I try to do so on my 3DS, the login page tells me that the 3DS browser is not supported, so I can't access the internet. What can I do?

see if you can email or talk to somebody Who runs the I.T. Department at the College and see if he can manually add the 3DS to the devices that can connect to the internet or disable the broswer check. Or you could set up a reverse proxy and change the user agent of the 3ds broswer to firefox or something else supported. The 2nd method is harder but should work as the 3ds broswer will appear to be a supported browser and let you log in.

search google on how to set up a reverse proxy. also, its against this forum's rules for me to help you with that and it takes some effort to so so. I recommend contacting I.T. and having them add the 3ds manually as i forgot how complicated it really is to set one up and I forgot about the fact that its most likely against the rules at your campus to set up any kind of proxy.

Ah, I had the same problem at my university with past DS internet connections. I ended up having to enable the device through its MAC address. (If your school uses something like NetReg, where you have to "enable" the connection before it automatically works, you usually have the option to add a MAC address from an already-allowed device, like a computer.

The MAC address for your 3DS can be found in System Settings -> Internet Settings -> Other Information -> Confirm MAC Address.

And if for some reason you can't add a MAC address yourself, whatever department of your university that is in charge of technology services can usually help you out.

If A devices mac is added when you login to the college's webpage, you could use a pc program to fake your computer's mac address to be the same as the 3ds then login using the computer. when you sucessfully login using the computer, reset its mac to normal and connect the 3ds to the wifi. it should connect and function now.